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' r -t.. . " t - triKO H Printed itHEN R Y W I L L S, Joint Prikti to the State with A.Hodoi. D p , - :. . ..... " 4 H UVK S U A Y, M a y 12,1796. Numb: 539. ' -I ' row 4 1 1 a' tpl A ir I ..in tttl. PHI A P APER Hll f Ja Circuit Curt V Vf tccn i .... ..j .itiJ ' i .flVfls of a Civil wai, u it..-..--? nf 1 dilutes ouldarife refpefl. (ochdifputci have arifen-.t f'Jf ecn fulfilled on ftorpart, fay we-t Vihii-rlan our osrt. (ay they-the I 25aitd, a rupture was l.kely to become tegi. Wr with all its, concom.. &!r. rofcioour new. Th e execut.ve Uiiioportaot moment flepped forward and 'idliJaid.before we plunge tnioa gulf lo pro f , f.ruat.on fo diflrefsful to any mmh to deftioaite to a young country, and Simimi in iii coofequence, let ut rnaks one nott peaceful ettjrt,-iet ui iry ncgociau... u fct on foot, a nev? treaty is form- hiotithalitbefvou-iable featurtt we could 9btat ttuu we-pavtaiaaitut oui oif opinion much mors fatourable to us than jbtfiiteaJternative j lupjioiB 11 uaci uui uw,lhheobicfl we conceive it ought, yit KBjjfuitouia c'onfiderable ware in the corn Btrctof the European as well as of the eaftern jtdttflern world it gives us an opportuni ijof poffiffing borfelves of by much the moft ritoahle oart of the fur trade, by fecuring. tout the poflefHon of thofe keys to the Indian cooouy, the weftern pofls j it feeures to us a Rotral peace with the Indian tribes, by ena bling ut to extend our own influence and pre vent that bl other nations among them, an 00 Ijed of more confequence to America than all ;ibe othera contended for : and it puts in a ftate of fettlement the difpoted boundaries of our terriiory (hall we thus fpurn at fuch a treaty ? tnofwer no, and are free to fay, that, in our Opinion both they who advifed and he who ra tiKed iljii treaty, have deftfvid welt of tbtir (Statn. Confirmed and ratified at it has been. t hope do obftadei, which may be thrown in '!tla..i 1 .ii :. . u : I f ""; WUI p'cf cm in ucing carrieu inio ci f8 1 tad have no doubt bur thofe oarta which m appear lead favourable, nay hereafter by Peaceful nerociatinnJ arrnmmorlatrrt in mn. teal intertlt and fati'afaaion. hmtht (Hew. YmV nil A K' WE are tvery day more and more cunvin ced f the boiufl intentions of the 'Bri Wkeowt towards this country. The friendly "ntment our merchants have met with fince --iiwu.. 01 me iate treaty o: amity Jjacoamerce, (hows that they are determin es to porfn- " "injuries we luriered before the depar J V our epvoy for Europe, cannot be to the in wiii ct lhe Engilh fllt;onj 2 ,tlCire infcpaxable from a ftate of n" ,w 5,0s-ce couia ue given or ."d.hofpitalify, than to force lfo!.Ja(lJnahirnanr into -Martinico, , "Jong sad tedious pfagc of many weeks f ' vloul that the line of conduft, which nmtV- hM Pffd fince the com- Pcl!,,cal "ifdom: iror if we had Nulit. 5 ' ananr,ny maintained our acCod,ng othe eftablimed law of feournr u nave Dn the inevitable fahfift' i"d thofe ,if 1 of .friendfhip. which -.. bcen Great-Britafn and thii- Ho!!d k.B"er ,aken Pla Our com olj klt, ve been annihilated our eyel fclti a? i i!f,ivfd of the inttreR'mg o vJ fIund; frierilily piracy Which tAebr "rfh"r,-,n,r frarnen would onfef 6nerony,A)p. M ot be t;f 8 01 ar J noulanda .J!? ' mu''"y of negocia. iKafr l. 011 e hsve fuftained. ' a '"ff wrngtrntntv for thp payment ofour merchants. On reading the life of prom, well, I Obferved a different line of corn) uft was purl'ued by Oliver to repair the lofles of a pri vate citizen. T n Cromwell, though in alliance with France, would not fubmit to the encroaching fpuit of that people, vwho n the rivalry ofcommerce are perpetually endeavouiing to take advantage of the EngliuS, even in iiqks of peace and amity. The magnanimity of hisccnducl upon hc fol lowing occafion, does honour to his inemoiy. An JbiTglifli merchant (hip was taken by a French man of war in the Uritifh channel, car. ried into St. Maloes, and there confifcatedn- the pretext, that (he was '-carrying on contra band trade to the coaft of 'France. Theinaf ter of the (hip, a Qiukrr,upori his return home,. pre fen ted a petition to the protector in council, itating his cafe, and praying for reJiefs. Upon heating the petition, Cromwell told the ccun. cilihat he would take that ttFair upon himfelf, and he orJeied the Quaker to attend him the next morning ; and being convinced that he had not been concerned in any unlawful trade, henflunl him, if he would go with a letter to Pans ? The mari anfwering in the afTirmative, he ordered biui to prepare (or his journey, and to wait on him again the next morning, when he gave him a letter lot Cardinal Mazarine, Prime Minifler to Louis 14, then in his mino rity j and told him to wait only three days for an anfwer. " The anlwtr 1 mean," (aid the proteelor, is the full value of your (hip and caigo ; and. tell the Cardinal, if it is not paid you in that IfMce of nine, you have orders trom me to leturn home.' The Qjakec pundually executed his commlfllon ; for not obtaining la tiffa51ion, he returned as he was ordered, and went to he protector, who immediately afked him if he had got his money ; and upon his an fwering that he had not, he told him he (hould very foon hear from him. Oliver, inflead of commencing a tedious minilteral negotiation, during the continuation of which the injured fubjtctis often ruined, fent fome men of war into the channel, to make reprifals, U in a few days they bro't in 2 or 3 French merchant 0iips,which the protector fold by public fale, and out of the produce he paid the Quaker the value-of his (hip and cargo. Then fending for the French refuient, he g&ve him the account, Rated debt or and creditor, and told him there was a ba. lance in his favour, which (hould " be paid to him, that he might remit it, if he thought pro per to the owners of the French (hips that had been fold to pay the Qoaker." Such promptitude in the American govern ment would have accompli died its ruin. Pitt andOrenvilte would immediately have rai fed up their arms againft us, and ground us to powder. Louis the 14th, and Mazarine his Minifler it is well known, tvert pudanimout charaflerj, or they would have relented that grofs and flag, rant intuit, and fpent an hundred thoufand lives becaufe the innocent Quaker was juflly reinfta. ted in his -property. Therefore, Americans, beware againft infulting Britain by violent re mediesrather prefer an age of negociation. ON Wedrefday and Thurfday Isll, a num. ber of '...the inhabitants ...pfthis town coptried, to take into confideration tbernelFage of the Houfs of Reprt fentativea cf trTe United States, to the Prendenf, of the 24tlyilt. together with his of the 31ft. ; Kefoiutions were introduced VxprefT.ve of hearty ccncurrence and ureualilied appiobation of the PrefidtnVs conduct, and of (entimtnts of dilapprobaiior, equally pointed againtt the menage of the .Ilout'e cf Kepiefentaiivcs, Viewing it as a wiltol and pcGtive attempt tian pie uptn the .ConHitution and to gralp at power? uhich they cannot exercife urdcr it. ' As to the fii ft object of thefe refolutio.ns, the fretting evinced that unanimity, which always attends the expnflions ot their love, refptct and vencrajion, ftr lhe Pitfidenf. They re cognized wih emotions of gratitude and joy, in this ir.flaiice, that difcerr.ment and prudence and .hat fiicoriels acd refulution which 'c.h'arac terifed the Commander in Chief ; and that found judgment and (acred regard for the li berties of the people, (ecu ted and prelerveM by the conllitution, which are the characteriflica of the Supreme Magiftraic. v On the latter object, there was 1 ditfertnea of opinion ant) although the refolutions wera greatly modified, yet unanimity could r.ot be obtaii.ed. We fubjoin here a copy of .the proceeding! of the town meeting x as handed us by tho chairman. Ntvbentt April lgtb, 1796. Purfuant to the notice of ycttciday, the ci tizens of the town of Newbern, affembled at the Court- houfe, 10 take into confederation, the propriety of prefenting an addrefsto the Prefi dentof.the United States, on the fubject of his meiTage in answer to the rcfolution of the Uoufe of Reprefentatives on the 24th of March, 1796. - Col. Joleph Leech, in the chair. On moti on, the refolution of tne Hufe of Reprefenta tives of the 24th March, and the PieGdentY ahfwef were read Whcfl'irpliilhrJ'olldwjn" refolutions were intioduced and unanimoufl adopted. ill. Rtfolied, That this meeting approve in the highett degree pcflible, of the rirm and in dependent temper, with which the Pufident of the United States, has with (food a compliance with the refolution of the Ilcufc of Reprefen tatives of the .24th of March, requefling biui to lay before the Houfe, a copy of the inducti ons to the minifler of the United ' States, who negociated the treaty with the King of Great Britain, together with the correfpondence and other documents relative to that treaty. 2d. Refolvrd,' There fore, that an addrefav be prepared and forwarded to the Piefident of the Unked States expreffive of the gratituda and admiration, with which every individual pre fent (eels himfelf agitated on the recollection of the virtues, integrity, and real love of coun try, which determined the Prefident to refift tb relolution of the Houfe, in fupport of our moft excellent conftitution, and in preiervation of the liberty, tranquility and happinefs, which as long as the harmony of its balaaces remaia undiflurbed, it is calculated to infure us. 3d. Rfohcd alo, bj a majoritj ej the fme9 That it has been a (ubject ot fome regret, with the citizens who compofe this meeting, that fo much of the public time and treafure (hould bo confumed in a difcuflion, which a candid re fort to the conftitution in the firft inftance might poflibly have prevented. Ordered, That the foregoing refolutions be prepared for publication in Mr. Martin a Ga zette of Saturday next. V By order of tbe meeting t JOSEPH LLECH, Chairman. H AX I F A X, May.. Art obliging gtntUtnan has favoured us with , letter jrom a member of tbe Houfe of Rttrt fentat'vvts 0) the United States, dated April 21, from uuBUb ive baiejXtraQed the following " ; The queftion, whether it is expedient, to pafs the laws necctTary for carrying into effect thejreaty lately negociatedwitb Great Britain I Ts Kliccied yet, nor am TioTe7 alihbvgh it has been the fubjict of dilcuflion for Several days to inform you how or when it will be; The particular friends of the -treaty, I mean thofe who, without-thinking it a good one, wills to carry it into trTect rouV "lo cftablifli as principle, that the Prefident and Senate may by the treaty coerce the Houfeof Reprefenta tives, apprehend that the decifipn will be againft them, and loudly cry out that war-nuUl and that difunion Jlall immediately follow as confe quencei but lucb unmanly ciies and anti re publican threats, are (o evidently only the ra vings of difsppointtd ambition, tbat no ration aUin will belaimcd by tlem. The people alone pcfTefs the power of diffolving the Union, and their Reprefentatives ho oppofe the trea ty from a ienleof duty, while theyjeel as they oupht.' the love of Deace. have no intention to do any thing which can futnifla to a riy nation. any juft caule for engaging ibcru in war. 1C 1
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